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Wind Tunnel Studies of Buildings and Structures

Abstract

  • Prepared by the Aerospace Division of ASCE.

    Wind Tunnel Studies of Buildings and Structures provides guidelines to assist architects and engineers involved with wind tunnel model testing of buildings and structures. Wind tunnel testing of the final structure and of the structure during construction is desirable to improve the reliability of structural performance and to achieve cost effectiveness. This revised edition includes procedures that can provide representative information on wind effects during certain wind conditions and also methods for using this information to develop statistical predictions of full-scale behavior. New developments are presented in the wind engineering field and wind tunnel studies of the dispersion of pollutants around buildings and in urban environments.

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Front Matter
i–xiii

    Part 1 Wind Tunnel Studies of Buildings and Structures

    Chapter 1:
    Introduction
    1–7
      Chapter 2:
      Modeling the Wind
      9–15
        Chapter 3:
        Pedestrian Level Winds
        17–18
          Chapter 4:
          Local and Panel Wind Loads
          19–24
            Chapter 5:
            Overall Wind Loads and Wind-Induced Responses
            25–28
              Chapter 6:
              Aeroelastic Simulations
              29–36
                Chapter 7:
                Dispersion Around Buildings
                37–40
                  Chapter 8:
                  Instrumentation
                  41–41
                    Chapter 9:
                    Quality Assurance of Wind Tunnel Data
                    43–43
                      Chapter 10:
                      Wind Climate and Prediction of Full-Scale Behavior
                      45–47

                        Part 2 Commentary on Wind Tunnel Studies of Buildings and Structures

                        Commentary
                        49–179
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                          Back Matter
                          181–196
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                            References
                            197–207
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                              Index
                              209–214